While visiting our family in Atkinson over Memorial Day weekend, we decided to begin our Great Park Pursuit by visiting O'Neill. It was only a 20 minute drive from Atkinson, so we hit it early one morning. First a little background:
The Cowboy Trail is the nation's longest rail to trail conversion. This means that it once was a railroad, but when it closed down, the tracks were removed and the trail was smoothed and covered with crushed rock, gravel, and concrete to form a trail that when finished will reach from Norfolk to Chadron. Begun in 1994, the project converted the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad that wound through the Sandhills into a trail for hiking, biking, running, or horseback riding.
The post was not hard to find, only a few yards from the parking lot. The girls quickly took a rubbing and we decided to take a short walk and have a learning experience. Jeremy explained to the girls how he remembered growing up while the train still used the tracks.
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| Jeremy explaining how the tracks work. |
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| The girls love to run ahead. |
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